Yahama Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Yahama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 32 | 1:322,988 | 25,835 |
| India | 28 | 1:27,395,192 | 354,286 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Yahama (131) may also be a first name.
Yahama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yahama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yahama (Hindi: याहमा, Marathi: याहमा) is borne by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yahama? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yahama is the 2,007,164th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. The last name Yahama occurs mostly in Africa, where 43 percent of Yahama reside; 41 percent reside in West Africa and 40 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yahama is also the 811,108th most frequent first name on earth, borne by 131 people.
It is most frequent in Benin, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 322,988. In Benin Yahama is mostly found in: Donga Department, where 97 percent reside and Borgou Department, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Benin Yahama is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in India, where 32 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yahama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yahama in the Marathi language | ||
| याहमा | yahama | - |
| Yahama in the Hindi language | ||
| याहमा | yahama | 81.82 |
| यहमा | yahama | 9.09 |
| याहामा | yahama | 9.09 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Yahama
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